The Senior Costs Judge has called on the Law Society to remind personal injury solicitors of their obligation to undertake individual risk assessments in low-value cases and not just apply a blanket 100% success fee. Master Gordon-Saker said: “One of the unintended consequences of LASPO is that there is a growing industry in challenging solicitor […]

The High Court has demanded that further cuts be made to costs of over £1.6m claimed by Eversheds solicitors for acting in a property dispute. Mrs Justice Slade said the amount claimed by national law firm Eversheds from their client Mark Harrison was 4.8 times higher than the firm’s first estimate and about 2.9 times […]

A specialist costs judge has ruled that charging for routine work in 10-minute units is ‘unusual’ in litigation and clients should be warned that they are unlikely to recover such fees in full from their opponents. Master Rowley in the Senior Courts Costs Office ordered that the 10-minute units charged by the solicitors be reduced […]

A male solicitor has been found guilty of discussing with a vulnerable female client a third his age that she might make good an unpaid bill with a topless photo shoot and possibly sexual activity. Anthony Robert Dart was also found to have watched pornography in his office with her. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal struck […]